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Edin Terzic's side will have a chance for redemption at Wembley

Borussia Dortmund clinched their place in the Champions League final after pulling off the perfect heist to beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 (2-0 on aggregate) at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday.

Dortmund arrived in Paris with a slender one-goal advantage from the first leg in Germany and named an unchanged starting XI. Edin Terzic's men executed a clear gameplan from the first whistle, protecting their 18-yard box with a low block and hitting PSG on the counter.

The home side dominated the ball for much of the first half, but struggled to find way to penetrate the resolute Dortmund backline. In fact, it was actually the Bundesliga outfit that went closest to taking the lead when full-back Julian Ryerson latched onto a lay-off from Niclas Fullkrug but fired into the side netting.

Later in the half, Karim Adeyemi — leading a fast counterattack with Fullkrug — decided to go it alone and it needed a strong stop from Gianluigi Donnarumma to deny the German forward.

That appeared to spark PSG into life and after some silky footwork from Mbappe, the Frenchman found Fabian Ruiz on the edge of the box only for his powerful effort to take a wicked deflection and sail wide of the post.

After the break, PSG came out firing on all cylinders and somehow squandered two golden chances in the space of a few seconds.

Mbappe's wicked cross deflected into the path of Goncalo Ramos and the Portuguese couldn't connect properly with the strike. It then fell kindly to Warren Zaire-Emery at the far post, but the 17-year-old struck against the post with the goal gaping.

And merely two minutes later, Dortmund dealt them a massive blow. Julian Brandt sent in a superb delivery from the corner,

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